IMPROVED. 241 



Take Salt of Tartar, tnvo Ounces ; Turmerick^ 

 three Ounces ; Sajfro'ri, ayid Soap of Tartar, of each 

 half an Ounce ; Filings of Iron, three Ounces : Mix 

 thefe in about a Gallon of Ale, and infufe for three 

 or four Days in a Stone-Bottle, or the like, giving 

 it a Shake now and then ; and let the Horfe have a 

 Pint every Morning Milk-warm while it lafts, ilrain- 

 ing it off as you want it. 



A great many are fond of the Afhes of burnt 

 Broom, for the Cure of the Jaundice and Dropfy : 

 And we meet in the Chymical Shops, with thefe 

 Kinds of fixed Salts of a great many Plants, and the 

 common Prefcriptions of fome Gentlemen of the Fa- 

 culty, who praflife in the fpecifick Method, take 

 Notice of the different Kinds : But fach may reft fa- 

 tisfied that thofe dexterous and confcientious Artifi- 

 cers the Chymifts, can furnifli us with a Lixi^uial 

 Salt of any Plant we want, made from the Cineres 

 Cla'uellati or Pot-Afhes. And Indeed if this was 

 the greateft of their Impofiticns it would be well 

 enough ; for, let the Plant be what it will before 'tis 

 reduced to Afhes, the Fire brings it to that Texture 

 and Make of Parts into which it reduces any other. 

 So that a Salt made cut of the Lixivium oi any 

 i^fiies whatever will be always the fame. And they 

 who are incredulous herein may try Experiments ten 

 thoufand Ways, if fo many can be invented, but 

 will never find any fpecifick Difference. And No fpecl- 

 therefore, tnie Salt of Wormnxood is not more effec- ^tk Diffe- 

 tual in flopping Vomitings or Convulilve Twitch- ^^,^^^' ^^j. 

 ings of the Stomach, than Salt of Tartar ; and ofof-Worm- 

 this I have been often convinced upon many and re- wood and 

 peated Trials. Salt of Tar- 



The Soap of Tartar, kz. in the aforefaid Infjnon, "^* 

 ■operate powerfully upon the Obftrudions in the 

 Liver, which ?.re the Caufe of the Jaundice, and 

 help to carry the offending Matter off by Urine. 

 And as the Term Diuretick is oftener ufcd than un- 

 derftcod, I fhall give the Reader a fuccinft or fliort 

 M Account 



